The Abu Dhabi fund, which owns a major stake in British commercial spaceflight company Virgin Galactic, will wait for results of the probe into last week's fatal crash before deciding on its commitment to the project, a source with knowledge

The wait for paying passengers to see Earth from the vantage point of space looked a lot longer on Friday, following the fatal crash of Virgin Galactic's first spaceship, but aspiring space tourists did not appear to be lining up for refunds

The wait for paying passengers to see Earth from the vantage point of space looked a lot longer on Friday, following the fatal crash of Virgin Galactic's first spaceship, but aspiring space tourists did not appear to be lining up for refunds

Land Rover has entered into a long-term global partnership with Richard Branson’s commercial spaceline, Virgin Galactic.
The alliance was announced against the backdrop of SpaceShipTwo, the world’s first commercial pas

An Emirati will win the chance to travel into space as part of a nationwide competition being launched by Abu Dhabi-based Aabar Investments.
The prize winner will be given a place onboard Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo when

A six-passenger spaceship owned by an offshoot of Virgin Group fired its rocket engine in flight for the first time on Monday, a key step toward the start of commercial service in about a year, Virgin owner Richard Branson said.
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An aircraft designed to launch Virgin Galactic's suborbital passenger spaceship was damaged in an accident on a California runway, manufacturer Scaled Composites said.
In a statement on its website, Scaled, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nor

Aabar Investments which has stakes in Daimler AG and Virgin Galactic, said on Tuesday its assets have grown to $10 billion and that it was eying more investments.
The Abu Dhabi listed firm had an asset value of some $625 million prior to s

Virgin Galactic is aiming to launch test flights into space in 2011, but does not need additional financing after selling a stake to Abu Dhabi's Aabar last year, its chief executive said on Wednesday.
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